Stories are full of that dramatic moment. The one moment, that pause between the ending of everything that went before and the beginning of everything that comes after. The moment when they choose. In a drama we’re pretty sure they are going to choose the right way, be the hero or the anti-hero, choose to learn and transform, and everything is going to be all right.…Details
Ever notice that we don’t step right on the doorway into a room or a building? We step from this space to that space without actually touching the door frame. Sometimes we lean on the door frame to talk with someone or wait to get someone’s attention (*cough* teenagers *cough*) but even then if you look, the feet are usually either in one room or another. …Details
It’s easy to get stuck in what can seem a hamster wheel of thinking, intending, planning, considering, and preparing. It feels productive but like a mirage, no matter how much you do you never quite reach a point in which the step over the finish line into actually being that instead of preparing to be that.…Details
It’s easy to get over focused on getting our head around something in order to know what to do, then doing something in order to see things unfold. What in small amounts can be constructive becomes controlling in an instant and we think we’re being proactive when we’re being reactive, giving in to fear.…Details
So often we think of a creative life as a lifestyle we choose or a thing that we do. Some people talk about it as if creativity is like a faucet they can turn on and off at will like they would for washing dishes.…Details